Anatomy of a Derby!

One of the reasons we love to go to the Three County Fair is for the Demolition Derby and tonight were the Derby finals and they did not disappoint! We took Tyler last year on a whim and thought that he would be to young. However, I am proud to say that my son learned to count backwards from 5 by watching the Demolition Derby and listening to them countdown to the next heat!

A few things you need for a successful Demolition Derby:

People. Truth be told, one of the main reasons we came back this year. Where else can you see a woman with horns (yes, horns, under her skin!), a bunch of Rednecks Massachusetts-style, a man with an IU hat on (not Frank), "hippies", and everyone in between?
Old fashioned pumper trucks and other assorted emergency vehicles waiting to rescue someone just in case? I wonder if there is anything in the rules and guidelines that says the fire trucks have to be as old as the participating cars?
A bunch a crazy painted wrecks (a.k.a. cars) waiting to smash into each other! (As a side note, there were about 20 cars in this heat. they were all "big" cars-- Taurus wagons, Volvos, El Dorados.)
Crashes! (The white car is painted with names, one being Tyler. We called it the Tyler car and rooted for him, but he called it quits early on when he just couldn't move anymore. One of my other thoughts about this car and many of the others like it, Is the driver paying respects to their family by painting their names on a car that is intentionally being run into other cars?) And maybe if you are really lucky you will see a car fire or two and be able to watch firemen saunter over and spray it out:

Boys will be boys. I guess cars are interesting to guys no matter what they are doing!
But every race ends the same way. With a big forklift, a few tow trucks, and bunch more cars lining up for their turn!

Until next year!